Cup container for water bottles



June 19, 1945. H. E. WEIDEMAN 2,378,608

CUP CONTAINER FOR WATER BOTTLES Fil ed Sept. 6, 1945 INVENTOR Haruay E. Wztdamm BY M ATTORNEY Patented June 19, 1945 T T oFncE CUP'CONTAINEB. FGR WATER BOTTLES Harvey Edward Weideman, 'Los Angeles, Calif v assignor to Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, Los Angeles, Calif, a corporation of New York e Application September 6, 1943, Serial No. 501,415

Claims.

- are mounted in the proper manner in a convenient place near the bottle the cups are apt to be wasted.

This invention provides a means whereby a cup container may be mounted directly upon the bottle which supplies the water. In this way the cups are held directly over the water'sulpply and in case of removal of the bottle to a new location the cups will be moved with the bottle.

In its preferred form, my invention is adapted to fit over the up-ended bottom of a bottle and hold a cup container suspended on the side of the bottle directly over the faucet.

In the drawing I have shown two forms of my invention. Figure 1 illustrates one form of my invention which is designed to fit a certain sized bottle; and Figure 2 is another form which may be used to fit bottles of various sizes.

Referring to Figure 1, it will be seen that the means for holding a supply of drinking cups comprises a ring II which may be of any suitable material, preferably non-rust metal or plastic, that is adapted to encircle the bottle B over its up-ended bottom. In practice, the ring should be a loose fit so that it will slide freely over the end of the bottle. Another strap I2 is formed to go across the end of the bottle to hold the band II at a predetermined distance from the end of the bottle. The same strap may extend down the side of the bottle in the shape of tongue l3 upon which I may mount a box [4 in any suitable manner. The box I4 is shown in this case as being of the'conventional shape to'hold envelope cups tle is empty and the box l4 may be refilled as desired.

In Figure 2, I have shown a somewhat different arrangement of parts which involves the same idea. Here it will be observed that in place of the band H I have shown a split ring comprising two fingers l6 and II which, being in the nature of spring fingers, can be forced to snap around a bottle. An extending member I8 is formed intermediate the fingers I6 and I1 and provides a means of holding the fingers l6 and I1 against sliding down the bottle and maintaining the ring near the upper end of the bottle. A cup container I9 may be mounted on adownwardly extending portion 20 of the member la in any suitable manner. A device of this nature will serve bottles of various sizes and will support the cup container equally as well.

In operation the bottle is set up wherever desired. It is to be understood that the equipment for setting up a bottle, not shown here, comprises a stand which supports a member for receiving the up-ended bottle B. This member also has a faucet for supplying water. The box I4 would be placed directly over the faucet. In this way the cups are held in a convenient location and if the bottle and its supporting equipment are moved from place to place a supply of cups will always be handy to the bottle.

side of said bottle.

I5, It may, however, be a container for the conventionally formed paper cups which are generally held in a tubular container. The mannor of mounting the box l4 upon the tongue is and the way in which a tubular container could be mounted upon the same strap are immaterial, since it involves nothing more than mechanical ingenuity and common expedients. The entire device, including the band H, are quickly and easily demounted from the bottle when the bot- 2. For use with an up-ended water bottle a bracket 'for mounting a cup container thereon comprising a resilient circular member adapted to be placed around the body of the bottle near the upper end thereof, a cross member attached at both ends to said circular member arranged to extend over and engage the top end of said bottle, a part of said cross member extending below said circular member along the side of said bottle, for mounting said cup container thereon.

3. For use with an up-ended water bottle a bracket for mounting a cup container thereon comprising a pair of spring fingers adapted to yieldingly engage the body of the bottle, a member intermediate said fingers and attached'thereto, said member extending above and below' saidfingers and. having a hook on the upper end thereof for engaging the up-end'ed bottom of said bottle to hold said fingers against sliding downwardly on the body of said bottle, and a, cup container mounted on the extension below said fingers.

5. For use with an up-ended water bottle, a bracket for mounting a cup container thereon comprising a resilient circular member adapted to. be; placed around the. body of the bottle, a cross member attached to said circular member arranged to extend over and engage the top end of the bottle, said cross member being shaped to provide, a hand hold for lifting said bracket, and a cup container mounted on said bracket arranged to be supported along the side of said bottle.

' HARVEY EDWARD WEIDEMAN. 

